San Francisco, California
Janis Joplin Tree
A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.
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San Francisco, California
A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.
San Francisco, California
The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.
San Francisco, California
The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.
San Francisco, California
A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.
San Francisco, California
An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.
San Francisco, California
Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.
San Francisco, California
Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.
San Francisco, California
Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.
Rotherham, England
An oddly shaped tower built to mark the acquittal of Admiral Keppel in a controversial 1770s case.
Sheffield, England
One of the last doorless, continuously moving elevators still in use in the U.K.
Sheffield, England
A brick foundation and piles of listing building materials are all that remains of this World War II POW camp.
Venice, Italy
A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.
Oxford, England
An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.
Prague, Czechia
A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.
Prague, Czechia
This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.
Prague, Czechia
A bus with a butt and biceps to put Olympic athletes to shame.
Prague, Czechia
The last municipal pneumatic post system in the world was in operation for over 100 years, and may run again.
Prague, Czechia
A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.
East Molesey, England
The world's largest grapevine has produced a delicious harvest at Hampton Court Palace for almost 250 years.
East Molesey, England
England's oldest surviving hedge maze has been confusing visitors for over 300 years.
Godalming, England
The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.
Sandwick, Scotland
Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.
Holywood, Scotland
A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.